The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Paraguay have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in animal health. The agreement aims to facilitate the exchange of animal health information, epidemiological surveillance in border municipalities, and health surveillance at border entry points. The ministers also discussed the potential for tilapia cultivation at the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant border reservoir, which could yield 400,000 tons per year and generate 50,000 jobs. However, Paraguay needs to amend its law and renegotiate a 1999 agreement to permit the cultivation of exotic species in the reservoir.